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Helping Students Motivate Themselves:
Practical Answers to Classroom Challenges
ISBN: 9781596671812
Product Code: 7181-2
©2011 / 7 X 10 inches / 208 pages
About this Title
Give your students the tools they need to motivate themselves with tips from award-winning educator Larry Ferlazzo. A comprehensive outline of common classroom challenges, this book presents immediately applicable steps and lesson plans for all teachers looking to help students motivate themselves. With coverage of brain-based learning, classroom management, and using technology, these strategies can be easily incorporated into any curriculum.
Learn to implement solutions to the following challenges:
- How do you motivate students?
- How do you help students see the importance of personal responsibility?
- How do you deal with a student who is being disruptive in class?
- How do you regain control of an out-of-control class?
- And more!
Blogger and educator Larry Ferlazzo has worked to combine literacy development with short and rigorous classroom lessons on topics such as self-control, personal responsibility, brain growth, and perseverance. He uses many "on-the-spot" interventions designed to engage students and connect with their personal interests.
Use these practical, research-based ideas to ensure all of your students are intrinsically motivated to learn!
Contents
Meet the Author
Introduction
Part I: Classroom Culture
Question 1: How Do You Motivate Students?
Question 2: How Can You Help Students See the Importance of Personal Responsibility?
Question 3: How Do You Deal With a Student Who Is Being Disruptive in Class?
Question 4: How Do You Regain Control of an Out-of-Control Class?
Question 5: How Do You Help Students See Problems as Opportunities, Not Frustrations?
Question 6: What Are Some Ways You Can Get the Year Off to a Good Start?
Question 7: What Can You Do to Help Keep Your Students-and Yourself-Focused at the End of the School Year?
Part II: Classroom Instruction
Question 8: What Are the Best Things You Can Do to Maximize the Chances of a Lesson Being Successful?
Question 9: How Can You Best Use a Few Minutes of "Leftover" Time in Class?
Question 10: How Can You Help Students Develop Higher-Order Thinking Skills?
Question 11: What Are the Best Ways to Incorporate Cooperative Learning in Your Lessons?
Question 12: What Are the Easiest Ways to Use Educational Technology in the Classroom?
Question 13: How Can You Best Use Learning Games in the Classroom?
Afterword
References
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Larry Ferlazzo writes article for ASCD Express.
Larry Ferlazzo writes article for ASCD's Educational Leadership.
Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers to Classroom Challenges reviewed by MiddleWeb.
Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers to Classroom Challenges is excerpted in Teaching & Learning With The New York Times.
The Washington Post's "The Answer Sheet" publishes Helping Students Motivate Themselves excerpt.
Larry Ferlazzo and his book, Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers to Classroom Challenges, featured in The Sacramento Bee.
Helping Students Motivate Themselves excerpt on Education Week's Teacher Leaders Network.
Larry Ferlazzo participated in an Education Week live chat on the subject of his book, Helping Students Motivate Themselves.
Larry Ferlazzo on "Finishing the School Year Strong" in Education Week.
About the Author
Larry Ferlazzo teaches English and Social Studies at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. He has written two previous books, Building Parent Engagement In Schools (with co-author Lorie Hammond) and English Language Learners: Teaching Strategies That Work. He writes a popular education blog at Larryferlazzo.edublogs.org, and has won numerous awards, including the Leadership For A Changing World Award from the Ford Foundation.
